Mission Statement

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To provide psychometric, technical and administrative services in the administration and delivery of clinical licensure examinations in dentistry and dental hygiene. CITA will demonstrate integrity and fairness as it provides assistance to state boards of dentistry in their mission to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public by assuring that only competent and qualified individuals are allowed to practice dentistry and dental hygiene.

About Us

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The Council of Interstate Testing Agencies, Inc. (CITA) is a non-profit corporation that was founded on July 15, 2005.  CITA is composed of five (5) member states (Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, West Virginia) and one (1) territory (Puerto Rico). CITA is an independent regional testing agency which administers the CITA dental and dental hygiene clinical licensure examinations in the states of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and the territory of Puerto Rico.

Examinations are administered at: the University of Alabama School of Dentistry in Birmingham, AL; the Louisiana State University School of Dentistry in New Orleans, LA; the University of Mississippi School of Dentistry in Jackson, MS; the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry in Chapel Hill, NC; Guilford Technical Community College (hygiene only) in Jamestown, NC; the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC; and the University of Puerto Rico School of Dentistry in San Juan, PR.

The CITA examination is recognized for licensure in a total of nineteen (19) states/territories.